Claims
- 1. A media cassette, comprising:a base unit having a front wall, a back wall, and a pair of side walls; a fixed floor member mounted between said pair of side walls and extending between said front wall and said back wall for defining a media input tray; said front wall having a lower opening for receiving telescopically therein a media output tray and an upper opening for providing unobstructed observation of at least a portion of the interior of said media input tray.
- 2. A media cassette according to claim 1, wherein:said media output tray having a centrally disposed opening along a front portion thereof for facilitating finger gripping of said media output tray and for facilitating the extending of said output tray outwardly through said front wall lower opening.
- 3. A media cassette according to claim 2, wherein:said front wall includes a recess for facilitating finger gripping of a lip portion of said front wall lower opening without changing said front wall.
- 4. A media cassette, according to claim 3, wherein said recess is generally rectangular in shape.
- 5. A media cassette, according to claim 3, wherein said upper opening is a window.
- 6. A media cassette, according to claim 5, wherein said window is centrally diposed within said recess.
- 7. A media cassette according to claim 6, wherein said window is semi elliptical in shape.
- 8. A media tray, comprising:a cassette having a front wall, a pair of side walls and a rear wall dimensioned to facilitate the insertion of the cassette into a cassette receiving slot for a low profile printer; said cassette having a bottom chamber for receiving telescopically therein a media output tray and a top chamber for receiving stackably therein individual media sheets; said media output tray having a centrally disposed opening along a front portion thereof for facilitating finger gripping of said media output tray and for facilitating the extending of said output tray outwardly from said bottom chamber; a recess disposed in said front wall for enabling finger gripping of a lip portion of said opening without engaging said front wall; wherein said recess is generally rectangular in shape; and a window disposed in said recess and opposite said opening for providing unobstructed observation of at least an interior portion of said upper chamber to enable a user to determine whether said upper chamber has disposed therein at least a single media sheet.
- 9. A media tray according to claim 8, wherein said window is centrally disposed within the recess of said front wall.
- 10. A media tray according to claim 9, wherein said window is semi elliptical in shape.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)
This is a divisional of copending application Ser. No. 09/477,939 filed on Jan. 5, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,290,489.
This application is related to the following copending utility patent applications, each filed concurrently on Jan. 5, 2000: Ser. No. 09/477,684 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,276,852 by James Osmus, entitled “Low Profile Printer with Open Bottom Paper Path”, Ser. No. 09/478,056 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,340,256 by Kerry McKay et al. entitled “Media Channel and Method of Clearing Media Jams”, Ser. No. 09/478,262 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,287,032, by James Osmus et al. entitled “Media Tray Supporter and Method of Using Same”, Ser. No. 09/477,937 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,296,407, by Kerry McKay et al., entitled “Stackable Printer And Method Of Using Same”, and Ser. No. 09/477,930 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,322,264, by James Osmus et. al. entitled: “Bezel and Method of Using Same”.
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